{"id":110321,"date":"2017-08-07T22:41:12","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T02:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=110321"},"modified":"2017-08-07T22:41:12","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T02:41:12","slug":"netflix-makes-1st-acquisition-comic-book-maker-millarworld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/07\/netflix-makes-1st-acquisition-comic-book-maker-millarworld\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix makes 1st acquisition: comic book maker Millarworld"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_110329\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110329\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/net-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-110329\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/net-1.png\" alt=\"Netflix (Photo: netflixph\/Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/net-1.png 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/net-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/net-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/net-1-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-110329\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Netflix (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/netflixph\/photos\/a.304747986543141.1073741825.304747616543178\/304747996543140\/?type=1&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\">netflixph\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NEW YORK \u2014\u00a0 Netflix says it made its first acquisition, comic book publisher Millarworld, with plans to turn its characters into new films and shows for the video streaming service.<\/p>\n<p>Millarworld&#8217;s graphic novels \u201cKick-Ass,\u201d \u201cWanted\u201d and \u201cKingsman\u201d have already been turned into movies by major studios.<\/p>\n<p>Los Gatos, California-based Netflix didn&#8217;t disclose on Monday how much it paid for Millarworld.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix already has made a hefty commitment to comic-book series with \u201cDaredevil,\u201d \u201cJessica Jones\u201d and \u201cLuke Cage,\u201d among others based on Marvel characters. The streaming service ventured outside the Marvel universe with the recently announced series based on \u201cThe Umbrella Academy,\u201d published by Dark Horse Comics.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix has been spending heavily for original movies and shows in all genres, such as \u201cHouse of Cards\u201d and \u201cOrange Is the New Black,\u201d to attract new viewers and stand apart from rival services.<\/p>\n<p>It reported in July that it had more than 100 million subscribers worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK \u2014\u00a0 Netflix says it made its first acquisition, comic book publisher Millarworld, with plans to turn its characters &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":110329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,106],"tags":[20631,2438],"class_list":["post-110321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-hollywood","tag-millarworld","tag-netflix","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}